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“All five criteria of genocide are evident in Xinjiang,” she said. The detainees were subject to “brutal torture methods, including beatings with metal prods, electric shocks and whips”.
“All five criteria of genocide are evident in Xinjiang,” she said. The detainees were subject to “brutal torture methods, including beatings with metal prods, electric shocks and whips”.
A carrot-and-stick approach is needed one that would allow the Games to go forward on the condition that Beijing make specified compromises on key human rights issues involving the widespread detention of Uighurs and increasingly aggressive measures to bring its 60 million Christians to heel.
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called China's treatment of Uighurs "the stain of the century."
All said, the world now needs to turn its focus on China disciplining it for its perfidies.
The diplomat said the recent events have shown that Beijing seeks more global prominence and they want that to go with their newfound wealth and economic help that they've been using.
The legislation requires the US administration to determine which Chinese officials are responsible for the 'arbitrary detention, torture and harassment' of Uighurs and other minorities.
The White House has yet to say whether the President will sign or veto the bill, which contains a provision allowing the Oval Office to waive sanctions if the President determines that to be in the national interest.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has previously called China’s treatment of Uighurs one of the 'worst stains on the world' and likened the camps to actions by Nazi Germany.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that China has 'forcibly detained over one million Muslims in a brutal, systematic campaign to erase religion and culture in Xinjiang'.
Amid increased tensions between India and Pakistan after New Delhi revoked Article 370, Alice Wells, US Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia said Khan's comments on Kashmir were unhelpful.
